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The OthersSpanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar's first English-language production is a creepy period ghost story that continues in the vein of his earlier art house hit Open Your Eyes (1997). Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a devoutly religious mother of two ailing children who has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast while awaiting her husband's return from World War II, though he has been declared missing. Their children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting Grace's rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When Anne begins claiming to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling events and visions soon lead her to believe that something supernatural is indeed going on. The Others was released only a few months prior to Vanilla Sky (2001), the American remake of Alejandro's Open Your Eyes (1997), ironically starring Kidman's then-estranged husband Tom Cruise. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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Amazing Ghost Story

Posted 8 years ago

SlasherEJM

This review is from The Others [Blu-ray] [2001]

Simply a superb old-fashioned ghost story that is always a joy to watch, thanks to Alejandro Amenabar's skill as both writer and director.
It takes a few nods from Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' in it's tale of a mysterious house, two young children and the possible mental instability of their parent, alongside the presence of mysterious servants who seem to know more of the house than it's present owners, but it also goes in it's own direction, enabling the director to pull of a simple but highly effective twist at the end that's much more of an emotional payoff than simply showing off like some other 'twists' in lesser horror films.
Absolutely and thoroughly recommended - If you liked 'The Haunting' (1963) and 'The Orphanage' then check this out, unless you like blood, gore and torture style horror, as there is none of that here.

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TheRealNYBoricua

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

Fantastic Mind Challenger!

This is a great movie that keeps you thinking. My wife absolutely loves this movie for how many different possibilities there are with the actual meaning. Every time you watch it you catch something else that challenges your mind. Great the first time & just gets better! Definitely recommended

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caddigirl11

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5

great movie and added to dvd collection

Posted 5 years ago

caddigirl11

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has seen movie when it was first released and i has a "watch horrr movie day" and realized i did not have this one. so i found it at walmart and bestbuy--walmart had a cheaper price online and when i went to bestbuy i was told they could price match and that is what they did and then i used my reward zone points and bam i got the movie for free. thanks bestbuy, you are great.